The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation

Opinion Thirty years is a big ol' chunk of anyone's life. It can take you from new parent to new grandparent, from bright young thing to mid-life crisis, and from shaver to graybeard. In the case of Todd C Miller, one thing hasn't changed. He's been the sole maintainer of the Linux sudo utility. He's not giving up just yet, but he needs help and no help has come.

Although he's blessed with world-class nominative determinism – "On your tod" is British slang for "on your own," and milling C is exactly what he's been doing all these years – nobody needs a life sentence in solitary, keeping a vital component like sudo secure and up to date. Nor can core utilities rely on such devotion. Even the most heroic, talented, glorious human being in that position remains a single point of failure for oh so ...